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Chapter VI
“And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began. “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.” “We were just goin’ for a walk, sir,” said Beetle. “And you stopped to speak to Rattray _en route_?” “Yes, sir.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading ““And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And you stopped to speak to Rattray _en route_?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And you stopped to speak to Rattray _en route_?””
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
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From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We were just goin’ for a walk, sir,” said Beetle.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And you stopped to speak to Rattray _en route_?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “We were just goin’ for a walk, sir,” said Beetle.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We were just goin’ for a walk, sir,” said Beetle.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We were just goin’ for a walk, sir,” said Beetle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And you stopped to speak to Rattray _en route_?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And you stopped to speak to Rattray _en route_?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We were just goin’ for a walk, sir,” said Beetle.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We were just goin’ for a walk, sir,” said Beetle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And you stopped to speak to Rattray _en route_?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And you stopped to speak to Rattray _en route_?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And you stopped to speak to Rattray _en route_?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We were just goin’ for a walk, sir,” said Beetle.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We were just goin’ for a walk, sir,” said Beetle.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “We were just goin’ for a walk, sir,” said Beetle.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I had a fleeting notion--correct me if I am wrong” (the listeners with one accord choked)--“that if I found you outside my house I should visit you with dire pains and penalties.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, sir.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And what may you be doing here, my little friends?” the house-master began.
